Cocoa Beach High School
| Cocoa Beach High School | |
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| Address | |
| 1500 Minuteman Causeway Cocoa Beach, Florida, Brevard County 32931 USA |
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| Information | |
| Funding type | public |
| Founded | 1964 |
| School district | Brevard County School District |
| Principal | Timothy Cool |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Number of students | 1516 |
| Mascot | Minuteman |
| National ranking | 46 (2006) |
Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School is a public high school in Cocoa Beach, Florida. It was founded in 1964, and is one of two Brevard County high schools to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. In 2006, it ranked 46th on Newsweek's Top 1000 High Schools list. In 2008, US News and World Report ranked the school "Best," only one of three so named in Brevard County.[1] 1516 students attend.[2] Its school mascot is the Minuteman. The principal is Timothy Cool.
Recognition
In 2008, seven students were selected as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, out of 28 total selections in the county.[3]
A team composed jointly of students from Cocoa Beach and Rockledge stood second in the world in the FIRST Robotics Competition world championship in 2007.[4]
- Surfing Florida Champions 2007[citation needed]
- Boys Basketball state champions 2003-04[5]
- JROTC Color Guard State Champions 2002[citation needed]
1973 U.S. High Schools Team Championships in Chicago, Ill, Cocoa Beach placed 17th out of over 60 teams. 1973 Florida State High School Team Chess Champions, Brevard County High School Team Chess Champions 1973 and 1972.
Notable alumni
- Kelly Slater, professional surfer, 11-time world champion[citation needed]
- Brian Johnson (college baseball), 2009 graduate, All-American baseball player for the University of Florida[citation needed]
Footnotes
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